Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 269 - January 8th, 2023


Practical Tips for Optimizing Ray Tracing

  • the article provides techniques to speedup raytracing workloads
  • discusses techniques to integrate “importance sampling” for dynamic objects that are off-screen but still contribute to effects
  • how to optimize shader table updates
  • additionally presents the idea of aligning TLAS boxes so that bounding boxes are aligned with the world axis


Snowglobe

  • the article presents a breakdown of how a Snowglobe can be implemented using Unity
  • shows how to set up glass sphere refraction/reflections
  • additional covers on how to simulate the snow using particles


Let’s talk about (GPU) crashes

  • the article presents a discussion of different sources of GPU hangs
  • shows techniques that can be used to track down the cause of hangs
  • techniques available in D3D12 and Vulkan that can be used to develop techniques to track down the source of the issue


[pptx] Deep Dive into FidelityFX Super Resolution 2

  • the presentation contains a step-by-step walkthrough of the FSR implementation
  • shows how the API is structured and what updates have been made from FSR 2.0 to 21


Updates in d3dx12.h: Nuget Packaging, Header Bloat Reduction, and D3DX12GetCopyableFootprints

  • a new version of the D3D Agility SDK has been released
  • includes the d3dx12 headers, and those have been split into separate headers so users can only include what they need
  • additionally, the implementation of GetCopyableFootprints has been open-sourced


[video] Fault Formation // Terrain Rendering episode 2

  • the video shows how to implement a Fault Formation algorithm for a procedural terrain using OpenGL
  • additionally presents how a (Finite impulse response) FIR filter can be used to smooth the results
  • presents an overview of the filter, visualize the effects using Excel, and shows how to implement it using GLSL


[video] niagara: Culling optimization

  • another part of the Vulkan series that implement GPU culling
  • this part focuses on optimizations and cleanup tasks
  • presents the effects on the performance of the different techniques covered


Experimenting with fp16, part 2

  • the blog post continues the discussion of the effects of using 16-bit floating point values in the temporal resolve shader from the FidelityFX SSSR sample
  • looks into AMD hardware instruction generated by the compiler
  • shows how why the VGPR usage is so different
  • presents alternative ways to express the work and how it affects the generated code


Requiem for piet-gpu-hal

  • the article discusses the reasoning why Vello (a GPU compute-centric 2D renderer) choose to transition to WebGPU
  • discusses the choices made during the implementation
  • looks at strengths and open issue
  • additionally provides a look at more advanced features and how WebGPU limits are affecting the project


Thanks to Unai Landa for support of this series.


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